My French Connection: Coming To Grips With The Worlds Most Beautiful ButBaffling Country By Sheryle Bagwell

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Coming to grips with the world s most beautiful but baffling country In 1988 journalist Sheryle Bagwell went to France seeking an escape from her real life back home She discovered an unexpected country one where the popular images of naturally thin women and national arrogance vie with the spread of fast food and crippling self doubt about France s place in the world where hypochondria and the slacker ethic are national obsessions and where the code of liberte egalite and fraternite is being tested by the rise of an anti immigrant mood and violent street riots Living and working in Paris and Lyon with her husband Michael Sheryle navigates local customs language and baffling social niceties uncovering a country that is charming sometimes maddening and than a little contradictory Fearlessly tickles the underbelly of that proud old Gallic culture Adelaide Advertiser My French Connection Coming To Grips With The Worlds Most Beautiful ButBaffling CountryInteresting but slightly dated account of life in France Lots of serious discussion politics racial discrimination France and Islam in this travel book Sheryle Bagwell An interesting and entertaining reflection of France the French and living with the idiosyncrasies and contradictions of this Gallic nation that is so proud of its culture Thanks Sheryle I wonder how much it has changed in the twelve years since the book was published Sheryle Bagwell Since my own love affair with France my second home land I immediately loved this book It addressed many aspects of life in modern day France that I ve been wondering about since leaving Europe in 1983 Although I visit twice a year it s mainly with family and generally I do not spend time re educating myself on what s been going on for obvious reasons the US press doesn t spend any time informing or reporting on current affairs I too may end up living in France again one day Does one ever really fall out of love with France We ll see Sheryle Bagwell